Maine Mobile Health Program (MMHP) is hiring a Bilingual Behavior Health Provider. Maine Mobile Health Program is a community health center focused on supporting Maine’s farmworkers and seafood processors in accessing healthcare. MMHP uses an innovative approach to healthcare that is low-barrier, values cultural humility, and embraces human dignity. If you’re passionate about serving Maine’s diverse communities of agricultural workers in accessing equitable and high-quality health services then this is the job for you!
Position Summary: The Behavioral Health (BH) Provider is responsible for coordinating the provision of behavioral health services, including substance use disorder within migrant and seasonal farmworker (MSFWs) communities. The BH Provider is responsible for ensuring that MMHP patients have full access to integrated BH and SUD services.
What you will be doing:
- Assist the BH Director in implementing MMHP’s BH program, ensuring its patients have full access to culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health services.
- Provide BH services through in-person and telehealth sessions.
- Maintain presence at mobile clinics where appropriate.
- Provide integrated care, including consulting and referring within clinical teams, as well as providing screenings, brief interventions and psychotherapy.
- Act as a training resource to providers, staff, and community health workers.
- Assist BH Director with the planning, managing, and execution of the SUD prevention and treatment program for MMHP patients.
Work Location:
- The BH provider will take referrals statewide, and a designated region and office location will be determined with the applicant upon hire.
What we will need from you:
- Must have a mental health degree (i.e. LCSW, LCPC, LSMC-cc, MSW–cc). Supervision provided.
- Bilingual Spanish/English with proficiency speaking and writing in both languages.
- Current driver’s license, with good driving record. Reliable transportation and insurance also required.
- Working knowledge of social work principles and practices, staying abreast of best practices and emerging treatment modalities.
- Knowledgeable in the use of diagnostic tools and techniques, including the most current DSM in use.
- Ability to work in cross-cultural settings both independently and in team settings.
- Daytime, and some evening and weekend hours during the harvest season
- Ability to provide services in varied geography
- COVID-19 vaccination
**Please note that studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform every job description task. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less traditional background. MMHP may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet minimum qualifications. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for the role.**
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Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, familial status, domestic violence status, or any other status protected by law.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to Mindy Killam, mkillam@mainemobile.org
